Day: October 30, 2021

EFCC arrests 2 herbalists, 24 others in Ibadan over fraud

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26 people, including two herbalists have been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibadan Zonal Command in Oyo, for alleged cybercrime. Mr Wilson Uwujaren, the commission’s Spokesperson made the disclosure in a statement he signed and made available in Ibadan on Friday. Uwujaren said that the two self-acclaimed herbalists were arrested on Friday at Soka area of Ibadan over their alleged involvement in offences bordering on internet fraud. He said that they were arrested alongside 24 others, four of whom claimed to be students of Lead City…

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COVID-19: NCDC reports 120 new infections, three deaths

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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), has reported 120 additional infections of COVID-19 from 10 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) with three related deaths as of Oct. 29, 2021. The NCDC disclosed this in its daily COVID-19 report on Saturday morning. The 120 additional cases reported on Friday, indicate a decrease from the 182 cases reported the previous day. The Public Health Agency stated that the total number of confirmed cases of coronavirus in the country has reached 211,798 with 202,962 cases discharged and…

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FG’s search warrant revoked after five-hour siege to Justice Odili’s Abuja home

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A search warrant granted to the Joint Panel Recovery unit of the Federal Ministry of Justice to search the home of Supreme Court Justice Mary Odili, has been revoked by a Chief Magistrates’ Court. The panel, which comprises the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, the Nigeria Police Force and the Ministry of Justice, had obtained a search warrant from the magistrates’ court after a whistleblower, Aliyu Umar, claimed to have observed illegal activities going on at No. 9, Imo Street, Maitama, Abuja. Umar’s affidavit dated October 13, 2021, read in…

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Mogaji Wole Arisekola commiserates with Aare Musulumi of Yorubaland

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The publisher of Street Journal, Mogaji Wole Arisekola has commiserated with Dawud Makanjuola Akinola, the Aare Musulumi of Yorubaland, Edo and Delta States, over the death of his wife, Alimot Olufunke Akinola, on Tuesday, October 26, 2021. Mogaji Arisekola in a statement, urged the Aare Musulumi of Yorubaland, the family of the deceased, friends and entire Muslim community in general to immortalise the good name of the late mother and wife. He said: “The death of a loved one, especially matriarch of a family, is usually painful as it is…

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